Standing By The River by The Primitive Quartet

Family On Both Sides by The Primitive Quartet

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Standing By The River
by The Primitive Quartet

Album: Family On Both Sides

Verse 1
Here I stand beside death's chilly waters waiting for my final call,
Standing by the river looking beyond;
Gazing t'ward the land of fade less beauty where no surges rise and fall,
Standing by the river looking beyond.

Chorus
Standing by the river waiting for the boatman,
Listening to the music on the other shore;
I can hear the angels singing out a welcome,
With my friends and loved ones who have gone before.

Verse 2
Music from the land of endless glory fall upon my listening ear,
Standing by the river looking beyond;
Faces of my friends I often vision, forms of loved ones oft appear,
Standing by the river looking beyond.

Verse 3
Shadows of the night are swiftly falling, lo, I hear the boatman's oar,
Standing by the river looking beyond;
Many are the voices sweetly calling,
I must tarry here no more,
Standing by the river looking beyond.